The Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute (ABJHI) is pleased to announce the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network’s Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) teams are the proud recipients of the Alberta Health Services 2018 President’s Excellence Award for Innovation and Research—part of an annual recognition program for individuals and teams demonstrating highest standards in innovation, collaboration and patient-centred care. An ...

Recent data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) indicates that Alberta is second across Canada in meeting the national evidence-based benchmark for getting hip fracture patients into surgery within 48 hours of arrival to a hospital. In 2017, following closely behind Manitoba, 92% of Albertan patients received hip fracture repair surgery within 48 hours of admission to an inpatient hospital unit, up from 85% in 2013. ...